Quote: Paleolithic religion as sex mysticism
I ran across a 1940 paper by George Barton, a specialist on Near Eastern religious tradition, during the course of researching a paper I’m writing. The paper...
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"Rewriting history in a way that flatters our volition"
Alex Stone, author of Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind, gives a short account of the psychological insig...
Unleash the magicians
The “Amazing” James Randi’s essay, “Why Magicians Are a Scientists Best Friend”, makes the argument that extraordinary claims should be vetted by those more ...
Magical psychology
I enjoyed this article by Mo Costandi: “Sleights of hand, sleights of mind”.